FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

Belgium vs North Macedonia, 2014 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Playoffs

· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Belgium
  • 63': Eden Hazard
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North Macedonia

    About

    Belgium are hosting North Macedonia at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium, starting on . The match is a part of the FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 2': Christian Benteke (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 2': Foul by Vance Sikov (Macedonia).
    • 5': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Goran Pandev (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ivan Trickovski.
    • 11': Daniel Georgievski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Foul by Dries Mertens (Belgium).
    • 13': Hand ball by Mousa Dembélé (Belgium).
    • 14': Foul by Stefan Ristovski (Macedonia).
    • 14': Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
    • 18': Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).
    • 18': Goran Pandev (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 19': Delay in match Mirko Ivanovski (Macedonia) because of an injury.
    • 20': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 21': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
    • 23': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Daniel Georgievski.
    • 24': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Vance Sikov.
    • 24': Attempt blocked. Dries Mertens (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
    • 26': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Vance Sikov.
    • 26': Foul by Christian Benteke (Belgium).
    • 26': Tomislav Pacovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Daniel Georgievski.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
    • 29': Offside, Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Ivan Trickovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mirko Ivanovski.
    • 30': Attempt missed. Dries Mertens (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
    • 33': Eden Hazard (Belgium) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 33': Foul by Mirko Ivanovski (Macedonia).
    • 34': Offside, Belgium. Vincent Kompany tries a through ball, but Thomas Vermaelen is caught offside.
    • 36': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
    • 36': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Darko Tasevski.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Christian Benteke (Belgium) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
    • 37': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Vance Sikov.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Mirko Ivanovski.
    • 41': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Vance Sikov.
    • 42': Delay in match Darko Tasevski (Macedonia) because of an injury.
    • 43': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Axel Witsel (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Belgium 0, Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Match ends, Belgium 1, Macedonia 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Belgium 0, Macedonia 0.
    • 47': Substitution, Belgium. Kevin Mirallas replaces Dries Mertens.
    • 47': Substitution, Macedonia. Ferhan Hasani replaces Darko Tasevski because of an injury.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
    • 50': Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Jan Vertonghen.
    • 50': Foul by Kevin Mirallas (Belgium).
    • 50': Stefan Ristovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 51': Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Nikolce Noveski (Macedonia) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Agim Ibraimi with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 52': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Daniel Georgievski.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Thomas Vermaelen (Belgium) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Eden Hazard with a cross following a corner.
    • 55': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Vance Sikov.
    • 56': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Nikolce Noveski.
    • 57': Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Mousa Dembélé.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Vincent Kompany (Belgium) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross.
    • 57': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
    • 57': Stefan Ristovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 57': Foul by Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia).
    • 57': Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 59': Ferhan Hasani (Macedonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Nacer Chadli (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin Mirallas with a cross.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Vincent Kompany (Belgium) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 61': Eden Hazard (Belgium) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box.
    • 63': Offside, Belgium. Kevin De Bruyne tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
    • 63': Goal! Belgium 1, Macedonia 0. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
    • 66': Substitution, Macedonia. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Ivan Trickovski.
    • 66': Agim Ibraimi (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
    • 72': Substitution, Macedonia. Aleksandar Todorovski replaces Stefan Ristovski.
    • 72': Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
    • 75': Attempt missed. Goran Pandev (Macedonia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Daniel Georgievski.
    • 76': Attempt missed. Nikola Gligorov (Macedonia) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Agim Ibraimi.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 81': Attempt missed. Kevin Mirallas (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Axel Witsel.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nikola Gligorov.
    • 83': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Vincent Kompany.
    • 83': Aleksandar Trajkovski (Macedonia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 83': Foul by Toby Alderweireld (Belgium).
    • 84': Delay in match Eden Hazard (Belgium) because of an injury.
    • 86': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 86': Offside, Belgium. Toby Alderweireld tries a through ball, but Christian Benteke is caught offside.
    • 87': Corner, Macedonia. Conceded by Eden Hazard.
    • 87': Foul by Vance Sikov (Macedonia).
    • 90'+2': Toby Alderweireld (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+2': Hand ball by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).
    • 90'+3': Substitution, Belgium. Marouane Fellaini replaces Eden Hazard.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Nacer Chadli (Belgium) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Tomislav Pacovski.
    • 90'+3': Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Daniel Georgievski.
    • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Belgium 1, Macedonia 0.

    Statistics

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    5 Fouls 10
    1 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 4
    2 Corner Kicks 12
    3 Saves 1
    35.9 Possession 64.1
    7 SHOTS 25
    1 ON GOAL 4
    0.1 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    229 Accurate Passes 490
    310 Passes 561
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    2 Accurate Crosses 5
    11 Crosses 32
    0.2 Cross % 0.2
    41 Long Balls 32
    21 Accurate Long Balls 21
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.7
    1 Blocked Shots 11
    13 Effective Tackles 14
    22 Tackles 17
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    0 Interceptions 0
    24 Effective Clearances 10
    37 Clearances 19

    Game Information

    Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

    Venue: King Baudouin Stadium
    Location: Brussels, Belgium
    Attendance: 45,000

    Line-Ups

    BEL Belgium (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Thibaut Courtois (GK)
    3 Thomas Vermaelen
    4 Vincent Kompany
    6 Axel Witsel
    5 Jan Vertonghen
    2 Toby Alderweireld
    8 Mousa Dembélé
    7 Kevin De Bruyne
    14 Dries Mertens
    10 Eden Hazard
    9 Christian Benteke
    Belgium Substitutes:
    Laurent Ciman, Romelu Lukaku, Nacer Chadli, Marouane Fellaini, Jelle Vossen, Timmy Simons, Steven Defour, Jean-Francois Gillet, Sébastien Pocognoli, Kevin Mirallas, Simon Mignolet, Daniel van Buyten.

    MKD North Macedonia (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    1 Tomislav Pacovski (GK)
    4 Nikolce Noveski
    6 Vance Sikov
    13 Stefan Ristovski
    3 Daniel Georgievski
    10 Goran Pandev
    16 Nikola Gligorov
    22 Darko Tasevski
    21 Mirko Ivanovski
    7 Ivan Trickovski
    19 Agim Ibraimi
    North Macedonia Substitutes:
    Ostoja Stjepanovic, Aleksandar Lazevski, Aleksandar Todorovski, Martin Bogatinov, Daniel Mojsov, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Ferhan Hasani, Adis Jahovic, Dejan Blazevski, Kristijan Naumovski.

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